Malware
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588DDoS IRC Bot Malware Spreading Through Korean WebHard Platforms
An IRC (Internet Relay Chat) bot strain programmed in GoLang is being used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting users in...
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349Earth Lusca Hackers Aimed at High-Value Targets in Government and Private Sectors
An elusive threat actor called Earth Lusca has been observed striking organizations across the world as part of what appears to be...
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2.2KA New Destructive Malware Targeting Ukrainian Government and Business Entities
Cybersecurity teams from Microsoft on Saturday disclosed they identified evidence of a new destructive malware operation targeting government, non-profit, and information technology...
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4.7KRussia Arrests REvil Ransomware Gang Responsible for High-Profile Cyber Attacks
In an unprecedented move, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the country’s principal security agency, on Friday disclosed that it arrested several members...
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4.6KNorth Korean Hackers Stole Millions from Cryptocurrency Startups Worldwide
Operators associated with the Lazarus sub-group BlueNoroff have been linked to a series of cyberattacks targeting small and medium-sized companies worldwide with...
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147U.K. Hacker Jailed for Spying on Children and Downloading Indecent Images
A man from the U.K. city of Nottingham has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for illegally breaking into...
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160GootLoader Hackers Targeting Employees of Law and Accounting Firms
Operators of the GootLoader campaign are setting their sights on employees of accounting and law firms as part of a fresh onslaught...
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1.8KResearchers Decrypted Qakbot Banking Trojan’s Encrypted Registry Keys
Cybersecurity researchers have decoded the mechanism by which the versatile Qakbot banking trojan handles the insertion of encrypted configuration data into the...
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2.4KNew SysJoker backdoor attacks Windows, Linux, and macOS devices
Cybersecurity specialists from Intezer reported the detection of a new cross-platform malware variant capable of infecting Windows, macOS and Linux systems. Dubbed...
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4.3KHackers Use Cloud Services to Distribute Nanocore, Netwire, and AsyncRAT Malware
Threat actors are actively incorporating public cloud services from Amazon and Microsoft into their malicious campaigns to deliver commodity remote access trojans...
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2.5KNew SysJoker Espionage Malware Targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux Users
A new cross-platform backdoor called “SysJoker” has been observed targeting machines running Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems as part of an...
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2.5KResearchers Find Bugs in Over A Dozen Widely Used URL Parser Libraries
A study of 16 different Uniform Resource Locator (URL) parsing libraries has unearthed inconsistencies and confusions that could be exploited to bypass...
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597Abcbot Botnet Linked to Operators of Xanthe Cryptomining malware
New research into the infrastructure behind an emerging DDoS botnet named Abcbot has uncovered “clear” links with a cryptocurrency-mining botnet attack that...
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3.4KBADNEWS! Patchwork APT Hackers Score Own Goal in Recent Malware Attacks
Threat hunters have shed light on the tactics, techniques, and procedures embraced by an Indian-origin hacking group called Patchwork as part of...
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4.7KNorth Korean Hackers Start New Year with Attacks on Russian Foreign Ministry
A North Korean cyberespionage group named Konni has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at the Russian Federation’s Ministry...
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4.9KNew Trick Could Let Malware Fake iPhone Shutdown to Spy on Users Secretly
Researchers have disclosed a novel technique by which malware on iOS can achieve persistence on an infected device by faking its shutdown...
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3.2KNew Zloader Banking Malware Campaign Exploiting Microsoft Signature Verification
An ongoing ZLoader malware campaign has been uncovered exploiting remote monitoring tools and a nine-year-old flaw concerning Microsoft’s digital signature verification to...
